Washboard.



D. G. JULESON.

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Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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DAVID C. JULESON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WASI-IBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1909.

Application filed November 7, 1908. Serial No. 461,448.

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State.

of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVashboards, of;

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wash-boards of that type inwhich a corrugated surface is employed against which the garments arerubbed in the operation of washing, and it consists in certainpecullarities of the construction, novel arrangement,

and operation of the various parts thereof,

as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a wash-board of suchconstruction that its parts may be readily adjusted for washing eitherfine fabrics or coarse material in such a manner as to economize in thequantity of soap used, yet will constantly keep the garments saturatedwith soap suds when desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a wash-board of theabove-named general character which shall be simple and inexpensive inconstruction, strong, durable, and so made as to facilitate theoperation of cleansing by reason of the peculiar con-i struction andnature of the rubbing-surface.

Various other objects and advantages of:

the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description andexplanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a face Viewof a wash-board embodying the invention, showing the parts thereofadjusted so as to present or provide a rubbing surface especiallyadapted for washing garments of coarse material; Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in the directionindicated by the arrows, and showing the parts in the positionsillustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the same line,but showing the parts comprising the rubbing surface adjusted to theposition for use in washing fine fabrics 0r garments; Fig. 4 is across-sectional view taken on line 4:4: of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows, showing by continuous lines theposition the handle for operating the.

. movable section of the rubbing surface will Be it known that I, DAVIDC. JULESON,

5 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows, illustrating by continuous lines theposition of the brush when in use and by dotted lines its position whenthe same is withdrawn from between the sections of the rubbing surface.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views of the drawing.

The frame of the board consists of two parallel side-pieces 10 which areunited together at their tops by means of a crosspiece 11 which projectsforwardly of the side-pieces 10 a slight distance, as is clearly shownin Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive of the drawing. The side-pieces 10 are alsosecured to gether at their upper portions by means of a transverse board12 which rests on the rear edges of the side-pieces 10 and against therear edge of the cross-piece 11, thus forming a box -like compartment inthe upper portion of the frame for the reception of a cake or cakes ofsoap, and also for the operation of the handle which operates themovable section, as well as the brush of the rubbing surface, as will bepresently explained. The side-pieces 10 are connected together neartheir lower ends by means of a cross-piece 13, and each of the pieces 10is provided on its inner surface above the cross-piece 13 with alongitudinally extending groove 14 for the reception of the sections 15and 16 of the rubbing surface, which sections are located at their sideedges in the grooves 14 of the pieces 10, and each is provided on itsface or front surface with a horizontally corrugated sheet of metal 17,preferably of zinc on account of its noncorrodible nature. At the lowerportion of the back or cross-piece 12 the sides 10 are connectedtogether by means of a bar 18 which is located slightly in front of thepart 12 so as to permit the water and suds to pass from the box-likecompartment formed at the upper end of the frame. The section 15 ispreferably rigidly secured between the side-pieces 10 and extendsdownwardly from the bar 18 to about the middle of the sidepieces, andhas secured on its rear surface a pair of clips or bearings 19 for thecrankrods 20, each of which is formed at its lower end with a hook 21 toengage staples or rings 22 secured to the rear surface of the section 16which is movably located in the grooves 14 of the side-pieces of theframe.

As is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, each of the rods20, which are vertically located on the rear surface of the sections 15and 16, has at its lower portion a crank or bend 23 which embraces a bar24: which is horizontally located at the lower end of the section 15,and has on its front surface a brush or bristles 25 to be interposedbetween the lower edge of the section 15 and the upper edge of thesection 16, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. On the rearsurface of the bar 2 1, which forms the back of the brush 25, is securedat each end thereof a strap 26, as shown in Fig. 5, which is located ata slight distance throughout its main part from the bar 2% so as toreceive the cranks 23 or bent portions of the rods 20 which rods areextended upwardly between the portion or back 12 of the frame and thebar 18, and each has at its upper end a crank 27 which is extendedthrough a diagonally disposed slot 28 formed in the handle 29 near itsends which handle is movably located above the bar 18 and in thebox-like compartment at the top of the frame. Loosely secured at one ofits ends to the middle portion of the bar 18 is a fastener 30 which ispreferably provided with two outwardly bent portions 31 and 32 to engagethe handle 29 so as to hold the section 16 of the rubbing surface andthe brush in their adjusted positions. Swiveled on the upper portion ofthe back or part 12 and at about the middle of the front portion thereofis a pin 33 which has at about its middle a projection or catch 34 toengage the free or upper end of the fastener 30 so as to hold it inengagement with the handle 29 when the latter is in its raised orlowered position.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing it will be seen andreadily understood that when the parts are in the positions shown inFigs. 1 and 2 of the drawing the section 16 of the rubbing surface willbe in its lowered position, thus permitting the brush 25 to beinterposed between the adjacent edges of the sections 15 and 16, inwhich position the brush and lower section 16 will be firmly held byreason of the engagement of the bend 32 of the fastener 30 with thehandle 29 to which the cranks 27 of the crank-rods 20 are looselysecured by means of the slots 28 in said handle. hen the parts are inthe above-named positions it is apparent that the brush 25 will be aboutflush with the faces of the corrugated portions of the sections 15 and16, when by rubbing soap and water thereover the brush will absorb andretain the lather or soap suds, and when the clothes or garments arerubbed upon the rubbing surface, as they are passed over the brush thesame will slightly yield by reason of its flexible nature, and thusassist in cleansing the garments. \Vhen it is desired to wash finefabrics which might be injured by the bristles of the brush, it isapparent that by unfastening the catch 34 from the fastener30 the lattermay be disengaged from the handle 29, when said handle may be raisedupwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3 where it may be held by theengagement thereof of the bend 31 in the fastener. In order to raise thehandle 29 upwardly from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to thatshown in Fig. 3, it is apparent that by turning the pin 33 in the properdirect-ionso that its catch 3% will be disengaged from the upper or freeend of the fastener 30 the latter may be moved away from the board farenough to allow the handle 29 to be moved outwardly, thereby turning thecranks 27 and through them the crank-rods 20, thus removing thebrushblock 2L from between the sections of the rubbing surface andlifting said brushblock and lower section, in which positions they maybe firmly held by moving the catch 30 inwardly so that its bend 31 willengage the handle 29 and so that its free or upper end may again beengaged by turning the pin 33 so that its catch 34 will lie over saidfastener.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A wash-board consisting of a. main frame, a rubbing surface dividedinto sections mounted on the frame, a brush inter posed between saidsections, and means for moving one of said sections toward and from theother-section and for raising and lowering the brush.

2. A wash-board consisting of a main frame, a corrugated rubbing surfacedivided into sections mounted on the frame, a brush interposed betweensaid sections, means to move one of the sections toward and from theother and to raise and lower the brush, and means to fasten the movablesection and the brush in either their raised or lowered positions.

3. A wash-board consisting of a main frame, a corrugated rubbing surfacedivided into sections, one of said sections movably mounted on theframe, a brush interposed between said sections, ahandlemovablymountedon the upper portion of the main frame and having a diagonally disposedslot, a rod loosely secured at one of its ends to the movable sectionand having at its other end a crank extended through the slot in thehandle, said rod also having a crank in loose engagement with the backof the brush.

4. A wash-board consisting of a main frame, a corrugated rubbing surfacedivided into sections, one of said sections mounted on the frame forvertical movement, a brush interposed between said sections, a handletransversely and movably mounted on the upper portion of the frame andhaving a diagonally disposed slot near each of its ends, rods looselysecured at their lower ends to the movable section and each having atits upper end a crank extended through the slots of the handle, each ofsaid rods also having a crank in loose engagement with the brush back.

5. A wash-board consisting of a main frame, a corrugated rubbing surfacedivided into sections, one of said sections movably mounted on theframe, a brush interposed between said sections, a handle movablymounted on the upper portion of the main frame and having a diagonallydisposed slot, a rod loosely secured at one of its ends to the movablesection and having at its other end a crank extended through the slot inthe handle, said rod also having a crank in loose engagement with theback of the brush, and means for securing the handle in its raised orlowered position.

6. A wash-board consisting of a main frame, a corrugated rubbing surfacedivided into sections, one of said sections mounted on the frame forvertical movement, a brush interposed between said sections, a handletransversely and movably mounted on the upper portion of the frame andhaving a diagonally disposed slot near each of its ends, rods looselysecured at their lower ends to the movable section and each having atits upper end a crank extended through the slots of the handle, each ofsaid rods also having a crank in loose engagement with the brush back,and means for securing the handle in its raised or lowered position.

DAVID C. J ULESON.

WVitnesses CHAS. C. TILLMAN, M. A. NYMAN.

